UX / UI Design

The digital experience is in a continual state of change which motivates our UX / UI team to create world class websites and
apps for our clients that are functional, visually compelling, and scalable. Additionally, our UX / UI designers continually
strive to predict future trends and UX / UI standards.

Our UX / UI designs are based not just on aesthetics, but also on a clear framework of vision, goals, and strategy. Our
approach is holistic — we evaluate your business objectives, create user personas, perform competitor research, build
wireframes, and engage in rigorous user testing. Finally, we take into consideration all of your touch points ( website, mobile
site, SaaS products, email campaigns, social media, webinars, packaging, sell sheets, etc ) to create a seamless
experience that delivers a competitive edge. Our experienced team helps strengthen your brand presence while making use
of the latest tools and technologies to ensure we deliver your website and apps on time and on budget.

Our Process

Evaluate Business Goals

First, we build a shared understanding of your business objectives, whatever they may be.
We then translate these objectives into actionable requirements.

Research the Competition

UX / UI doesn’t exist in a silo — we study competing organizations to assess your
competitive advantages. By evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of your competition,
we can help you identify opportunities to better provide a superior user experience.

Create UserPersonas

We also know that great design requires not just cutting-edge technology, but also
unparalleled empathy. By creating and analyzing your user personas, we’re able to
understand the psychology and motivations of your customers, crafting a digital experience
that meets their unique needs.

Solution Discovery (Phase 0)

We define your risks, integrations, dependencies, and key project constraints. We then
recommend the team composition, technology stack, and architectural needs for your
project. Based on these unique needs, we’ll recommend an approach to UI wireframes,
style guides, site maps, and initiate rapid prototyping. Lastly, we’ll clearly define project
milestones and ensure our objectives are aligned with yours.

User Experience & Interface

During the design process, there is a moment when User Experience design and User
Interface design merge to create the optimal user experience. Once we have reached that
moment in the design process, we begin the development process.

Develop & Test

We understand that well written code can make a world of difference. We audit your code
and test your product for quality assurance and usability. We then obtain feedback from end-users to evaluate the success of our prototypes — we
can use heat maps, usability recordings, focus groups, customer surveys, and/or live user
testing days. We further refine your product while performing additional tests to ensure it
meets your goals, surpasses the competition, and delights your customers.

Launch

We deploy to your staging environment for final review and approval. Finally, we
launch your product and help you maintain it.

Our Design Services & Philosophy

User Experience

Goals & Purpose

Target Users & Audience

Content & Strategy

Information Architecture & Site Maps

Navigation & Interaction

Wireframes

Prototype

User Interface

Branding

Logo & Icon designs

Style guides & color palettes

Topography & Fonts

Responsive Design

Pixel perfect asset production

Optimal Experience

During the design process, there is a moment when User Experience design and User Interface design merge to create the optimal user experience. Once we have reached that moment in the design process, we begin the development process to continue on the path of releasing your product into the world.

UX / UI Client Case Study

Technologies

Ruby on Rails

MySQL

Neo4J graph database

Apache Sior

Solution Type

Solution Architecture

Custom Software Development

UI/UX Development

Team Augmentation

Cloud Analytics and Data Visualization

Problem

FitStudio needed to create a more user friendly front-end with enhanced data analytics functionalities. They wanted to create detailed dashboards that tracked user fitness data while making useful product reviews and recommendations to help users achieve their fitness goals.

Solution

Sphere designed and created an entirely new web application with a more engaging UI/UX design, and enhanced back-end functionalities to include more detailed data analytics and visualization features.

Technologies

Ruby on Rails

CoffeeScript

JavaScript

JQuery

MySQL

Passenger

Apache

Solution

Solution Architecture

Custom Software Design

UI/UX Development

Team Augmentation

Problem

Sure Prep was a growing tutoring center with big ambitions to scale. They needed a modern
platform that would allow them to embrace develop their blended learning platform and online
tutoring services.

Approach

Sphere Software designed a custom web application that allowed Sure Prep to deliver remote
individualized instruction and online courses to schools, districts and students in need of
academic enrichment. They increased access to high quality instruction to students in need,
while saving districts millions of dollars in overhead.

Technologies

Ruby on Rails

HAML

SASS

Twitter Bootstrap

State Machine

Solution

Solution Architecture

Custom Software Development

UI/UX Development

Problem

Roomations had a great idea for a platform that provided homeowners and do-it-yourself designers
with tips and recommendations from experienced interior designers, made possible by the support
of large retailers looking for new ways to reach target consumers.

Approach

Sphere helped Roomations establish proof of concept with a functional prototype of their platform
using a simple Ruby front end and 3D virtualization technologies. This made it possible for
consumers to view sample interior designs and select specific products featured in the
design.